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He said that he felt called upon to speak to the Presi-
dent in this direct and frank manner because of the urgency of
the crisis now developing. He described the sentiments of his
people as gradually turning away from the United States, due
chiefly to the association, in their minds, of our recent
policies as being parallel to, and bound up with, the unpopular
policies of Great Britain. He said that his people had a dis-
tinct resentment against past encroachments both of Russia and
Great Britain, but that there was a danger now that the en-
X
croachments of Great Britain would become increasingly important
in their minds. He said, more specifically, that it was very
distasteful to Iranians to hear about recent Qil policies in which
the names of President Truman and Winston Churchill were associated.
The implication of what he said was that the Americans, through
this type of association, were rapidly becoming as much disliked
as tthe British had always been.
The President replied emphatically in the sense that we
always followed our own independent policies and that these
policies were in no way governed by those of Great Britain. As
regards Churchill, he pointed out that it was the Churchill
Government and our own Government who, acting separately but in
unison, had prevented the Soviet Government from seizing large
parts of Iran at the close of the Second World War.
He said that these things should be remembered and that the
United States is, and has always been, a great friend of Iran
and deeply interested in doing anything it could to help solve
the problems of that friendly country. He said that he personally
had always been interested in Iran, both from a historical view-
point and in connection with its recent oil problems. He made it
abundantly clear that we have no interest in anything but a peace-
ful and just solution of Iran's present difficulties, and that
our attitude is one of complete independence and not one of
following any lead proposed by the British or any other Government.
The President told the Ambassador that he would be happy to
discuss these difficult problems further at a future time, but
that the Ambassador should appreciate the strong interest and dis-
interested attitude of our Government in the solution of the
present vexing questions.
John F. Simmons
Chief of Protocol
S/S-PR:JFSimmons:jjm
rald
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